Colorado Organizations

• Colorado Association for the Education of Young Children
  CAEYC is a statewide professional membership organization  that provides conferences and advocacy workshops for professionals in the field of early childhood care and education.

• Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health
  CoAIMH's purpose is to promote education and research related to infant mental health;
  facilitate networking and cooperation among those concerned with the optimal development of infants and infant-caregiver relationships;
  promote scientifically-based programs of care, intervention, and prevention of mental impairment in infancy; support local and state policies that promote family and infant mental health
  

• Colorado Association of Family Child Care
  CAFCC is a statewide professional membership organization for family child care providers. It provides conferences and workshops for family child care professionals.
  

• Colorado Bright Beginnings
  The Mission is to provide a bright beginning for all Colorado children by helping families support their children's physical, emotional, and intellectual development during the critical first three years of life.

• Colorado Child Care Association
  The Colorado Child Care Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing support and guidance in the management and administration of child care centers. This is achieved through education, networking and legislative representation.

• Colorado Children's Campaign
  The Colorado Children's Campaign is the leading voice for children in Colorado. With compelling, solid data in one hand and unrivaled expertise and passionate advocacy skills in the other, we influence and encourage decision makers to invest in programs that benefit both our children and our state.

• Colorado Head Start Association
  The purpose of the Head Start-State Collaboration grants is to create a visible partnership at the state level to support the development of multi-agency and public/private partnerships.

• Colorado PTA
  The mission of the PTA is three-fold: 1) to support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community, and before governmental bodies ad other organizations that make decisions affecting children; 2) to assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children; 3) to encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.

• Healthy Child Care ColoradoHealthy Child Care Colorado is a program that provides consultation, technical assistance and training for providers of childcare in Colorado to enhance their response to the health and safety needs of young children.

• Invest In Kids
  Invest in Kids partners with communities to improve the health and well-being of young children, particularly those of low-income families, through effective, research-based programs.

• JFK Partners
  JFK Partners is a multifaceted Interdepartmental Program of the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Its mission is to promote the independence, inclusion, contribution, health, and well-being of people with developmental disabilities and special health care needs and their families through consumer, community, and university partnerships.

• Project Bloom
  Project Bloom's mission is to weave family-centered, culturally competent and community based mental health supports and services into a seamless early childhood system of care that promotes health social-emotional development, identifies risk factors, intervenes early, and provides high quality services.

• Qualistar Early Learning
  Qualistar Early Learning combines a thorough accountability system with a statewide network of resource and referral agencies. They offer a 4-star rating system and a continuous improvement program that measures quality and supplies hundreds of providers with tools and strategies for success.